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Christology 4

Christology 4. Series: Critical Doctrine 1Timothy 4:16 2Timothy 4:3 Titus 1:9 Titus 2:1 . Christology. The Deity of Christ The Humanity of Christ The incarnation The proofs of His humanity The Union of Deity and Humanity of Christ The Kenosis of Christ ???

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Christology 4

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  1. Christology 4 Series: Critical Doctrine 1Timothy 4:16 2Timothy 4:3 Titus 1:9 Titus 2:1

  2. Christology • The Deity of Christ • The Humanity of Christ • The incarnation • The proofs of His humanity • The Union of Deity and Humanity of Christ • The Kenosis of Christ ??? • The impeccability of Christ • The earthly life of Christ • The Events of His life • The Offices He occupied • The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ • The fact of the Resurrection • The nature of the Resurrection • The significance of the Resurrection • The importance of the Ascension • The Present Ministry of Christ • The Future Ministry of Christ

  3. The Kenosis of Christ • The Kenosis is (in Christian theology) the renunciation of the divine nature, at least in part, by Christ in the Incarnation. • It is taken from the from the Greek word for emptinessἐκένωσεν(kénōsis)) is the 'self-emptying' of one's own will and becoming entirely receptive to God's divine will. • If we see the Kenosis as referring to Jesus giving up His will to be completely receptive to God’s will then I agree entirely as Philippians 2:7, "Jesus made himself nothing ..." (NIV) or "...he emptied himself..." (NRSV)

  4. The Kenosis of Christ • Philippians 2:6-8 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death — even death on a cross! • This Scripture clearly refers to Christ’s obedience to God by emptying Himself of His own will to follow the Father’s, it does not however refer to giving up qualities possessed by Deity.

  5. The Kenosis of Christ • The doctrine of Kenosis attempts to explain what the Son of God chose to give up in terms of his divine attributes, in order to assume human nature. Since the incarnate Jesus is simultaneously truly human and truly divine, Kenosis holds that these changes were temporarily assumed by God in his incarnation, and that when Jesus ascended back into heaven following the resurrection, he fully reassumed all of his original attributes and divinity. Specifically it refers to attributes of God that are thought to be incompatible with becoming fully human. For example, God's omnipotence, omnipresence, omniscience as well as his aseity, eternity, infinity and immutability. (Wikipedia) • William Lane Craig said, “But if Christ divested Himself in the incarnation of any attribute that was essential to Deity it would follow that He thereby ceased to be God. (Defenders Podcast: The Doctrine of Christ -Part 6 21-4-08)

  6. The Kenosis of Christ ??? • If Christ gave up any of His divine qualities then He would cease to be God. • But I would argue that Christ did not give up the qualities of Deity, but was merely restricted in His use of those qualities, in keeping with God’s will for their use. • Jesus showed His omnipresence in seeing Nathanael by the Fig Tree without having been there. (John 1:48-49) • He showed His omniscience when He told Peter to catch a fish and there will be a coin in its mouth or when He could tell what people are thinking. (Matthew 17:27) • He showed His omnipotence by calming the storm and walking on the water, and healing everyone who came to Him to be healed.

  7. The impeccability of Christ • Impeccable simply means sinless, without fault and flaws. • In relation to Christ, It does not mean that He was not subject to weakness, but that He was perfect in all His ways and without sin or fault. • Two views of impeccabilityare • 1) Jesus was unable to sin. • 2) That the possibility was there that Jesus could have sinned. • In either case we find out from Scripture that He did not sin.

  8. The impeccability of Christ • Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathise with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are — yet was without sin. • Charles Ryrie said, “He was tested with a view to proving He was sinless. It does not say that He was tested in every particular specific test that man can be put to. His temptations were really not to see if He could sin, but to prove that He could not. Nevertheless, they [the temptations] were real, for the reality of a test does not lie either in the moral nature of the one tested or in the ability to yield to it.

  9. The Earthly Life of Christ • The earthly life of Christ is doctrinally important as it: • 1) proves His worthiness to be the Saviour as an unblemished sacrifice for our sins. • 2) His earthly life became the perfect example for all of us who are to follow in His steps. He paved the way for us to walk. 1John. 2:6 Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. • 3) His teachings were given to us in His earthly life: in relation to His people the Jews and also the Church.

  10. The Events of His Life • The Events of His life are divided into fourparts: • 1) Years of preparation – Birth, infancy, childhood and growth into full manhood concluding with His baptism. • 2) Years of His public ministry in Judea (John 2:13-4:3), in Galilee (Mark 1:14-9:50) and the Perean ministry (Luke 9:51-19:28) • 3) Were the events leading up to His crucifixion, typically known as the Passion Week. • 4) 40 days after His Resurrection.

  11. The Offices He Occupied • Jesus occupied three offices in His earthly life, the office of prophet, priest and king. • 1) Prophet: Jesus referred to Himself as a prophet: Matthew 13:57 But Jesus said to them, “Only in his home town and in his own house is a prophet without honour.” • Charles Ryrie said, “Jesus was the greatest of all prophets, for He not only delivered God’s message to man, but He also revealed God in His life and person. • His prophetic words can be studied in Sermon on the Mount (Mt 5-7) The Olivet Discourse (Mt 24-25) The Upper Room Discourse (Jn 13-16) + the Book of Revelation. Actually Revelation 19:10b says “For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

  12. The Offices He Occupied • 2) Priest: According to the writer of the Book of Hebrews and Psalm 110:4, Jesus is a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 7:17) • Hebrews 2:17 For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for [Or and that he might turn aside God’s wrath, taking away] the sins of the people. • He was appointed by God, qualified, offered as a sacrifice for sin, and represented His people before God (Hebrews 5:1-10) • His office as Priest continues today as He intercedes for the Saints of God (Hebrews 7:25)

  13. The Offices He Occupied • King: This office was prophesied in relation to Christ in Isaiah 9:6-7 and Luke 1:31-33 • Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and for ever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.

  14. The Offices He Occupied • Charles Ryrie said, “When He came He fulfilled the requirements of that promised King although His people rejected His claims. The result of that rejection was not an annulment of the Kingdom promises, but simply a delay in their fulfillment until the second advent of the King. • Jesus Christ is our King of Righteousness, He is our faithful High Priest and our Holy and anointed Prophet. • His earthly life of love, devotion and sacrifice is recorded to remind us of the loving God whom we are to come to and accept as Lord and Saviour, despite our inability to understand everything that happens to us in our life.

  15. Coming Up in Critical Doctrine • Next time we will be looking at wrapping up the final sections of our study on Christology, namely: • The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ • The fact of the Resurrection • The nature of the Resurrection • The significance of the Resurrection • The importance of the Ascension • The Present Ministry of Christ • The Future Ministry of Christ

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